On This Page

Filter

These are the filters currently being used to limit the search results. Click on the
icon to remove the filter.

tabling member printed

Bob Blackman

house id

1

max answer › date of answer

2019-05-20

Sort by

This list shows the properties that you can sort by. Click on to sort in ascending order and to sort in descending order. The properties that you're currently sorting by are
shown at the top of the list. Click on to remove a sort and or to reverse the current sort order. Click on the icon to remove all the sorting. Note that sorting can significantly slow down the
loading of the page.

View

Choose what information you want to view about each item. There are some pre-defined
views, but starred properties are always present no matter what the view. You can
star properties by clicking on the icon. The currently starred icons have a icon; clicking on it will unstar the property.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many tests for Vitamin D were carried
out by pathology laboratories in England in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2013-14;
and what the cost to the NHS was of providing such tests in each of those years.

<p>Since January 2016 the UK has offered a two-year validity visit visa to Chinese
nationals for the same price as a six-month visa. This is a pilot scheme which we
are running to assess the benefits and impacts of such an approach more broadly. There
are currently no plans to extend this pilot to any other countries.</p>

<p>Diversity and equality in higher education is a priority for this government. Higher
education institutions are independent bodies and responsible for decisions about
who they employ. Like every employer they must ensure they meet their obligations
under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p>Important progress has been made on the number
of women in leadership roles in higher education, particularly in the increase in
the proportion of female Chairs of Governing Bodies and female Vice-Chancellors. Sector-led
gender initiatives, such as the Athena SWAN Charter and the Aurora development scheme,
demonstrate the importance the sector attaches to tackling the barriers that hinder
women’s progression in higher education careers.</p><p>On 1 February, the government
announced measures to tackle ethnic disparities in higher education including encouraging
higher education providers to make use of tools such as the Race at Work Charter and
the Race Equality Charter to drive forward a step-change in the recruitment and progression
of ethnic minority employees.</p><p>The government has also consulted on ethnicity
pay reporting in order to inform future government policy.</p>

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions
he has had with his US counterpart on the proposed Taylor Force Act and ending that
country's provision of economic aid to the (a) Palestinian Authority and (b) families
of those who have died while carrying out terrorist attacks against Israel.

<p>We have not had any discussions with the US authorities on this issue. We, however,
regularly raise the issue of payments to prisoners and their families with senior
Palestinian officials. We push them to ensure that such payments are transparent and
needs-based.</p>

<p>We launched the Type 31e programme on 7th September. It is in the pre-procurement
phase and we have received expressions of interest from 22 companies against the requirement
for an initial order of five ships at a maximum average price of £250 million per
ship.</p>

<p>The Department for International Trade is building a world-class trade policy and
negotiations capability for the long-term future of our country.</p><p> </p><p>Since
July 2016 our Trade Policy Group has grown significantly from 45 to over 400 today,
and is continuing to grow.</p><p> </p><p>We have also established a series of working
groups and high-level dialogues with key trade partners to explore the best ways of
progressing our trade and investment relationships. These partners include the United
States, Australia, Mexico and Japan.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will place in the Library HM Revenue
and Customs' full workings, including the methodology, modelling and assumptions,
which underpinned the figures included in the Tobacco Levy Consultation, published
in September 2015, on the tobacco levy yield after behavioural effects.

<p>The response to the tobacco levy consolation included the HMRC costing note and
the DEFRA review of HMRC’s methodology, alongside consultation responses and the government’s
summary. Since the government does not generally publish analysis of polices that
do not go ahead, the publishing of these documents goes significantly beyond usual
practice. HMRC also publish a methodological paper on tobacco entitled Econometric
Analysis of Cigarette Consumption in the UK. This can be found on gov.uk.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to ratify the World
Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Protocol to Eliminate
Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products.

<p>A Command Paper setting out the UK’s plans to ratify the World Health Organisation
Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products will be laid before Parliament
once legislation to implement the Protocol has been approved by Parliament.</p><p>
</p><p>While the UK already has many of the Protocol’s requirements in place, the
requirement to license tobacco manufacturing machinery has not yet been implemented.
Legislation to accomplish this is currently before Parliament in the Finance Bill.</p>

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to bring forward
legislative proposals to implement the requirement in the Illicit Trade Protocol to
license tobacco manufacturing machinery.

<p>A Command Paper setting out the UK’s plans to ratify the World Health Organisation
Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products will be laid before Parliament
once legislation to implement the Protocol has been approved by Parliament.</p><p>
</p><p>While the UK already has many of the Protocol’s requirements in place, the
requirement to license tobacco manufacturing machinery has not yet been implemented.
Legislation to accomplish this is currently before Parliament in the Finance Bill.</p>

<p>The United Kingdom is a world leader in tobacco control and the government has
a proven track record in reducing harm caused by tobacco, through the introduction
of standardised packaging, the display ban on tobacco in small shops, and ending smoking
in cars with children.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is developing a new tobacco control
plan which will build on our success in reducing smoking rates to date.</p>